This fragment of a letter, dated [[May 25]], [[1972]], sent to a Mr. Wrigley. Wrigley had predicted that academics would be occupied with searching for sources to ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' for several generations. Tolkien disagrees: he considers the particular use at a particular situation of any motive, whether invented, deliberately borrowed or unconsciously remembered the most interesting.

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A Mr. Wrigley had predicted that academics would be occupied with searching for sources to ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' for several generations. Tolkien feared that he was right, but considered the particular use at a particular situation of any motive, whether invented, deliberately borrowed or unconsciously remembered the most interesting.

A Mr. Wrigley had predicted that academics would be occupied with searching for sources to The Lord of the Rings for several generations. Tolkien feared that he was right, but considered the particular use at a particular situation of any motive, whether invented, deliberately borrowed or unconsciously remembered the most interesting.